1486 Henry VII 
marries
marries
Elizabeth of York 
.
.
1701 Frederick III 
, the elector of
Brandenburg, becomes king of Prussia.
, the elector of
Brandenburg, becomes king of Prussia.
1778 Captain James Cook 
discovers the
Hawaiian Islands, naming them the 'Sandwich Islands' after the First Lord of
the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.
discovers the
Hawaiian Islands, naming them the 'Sandwich Islands' after the First Lord of
the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.
1836 Jim Bowie 
arrives at the Alamo to
assist its Texas defenders.
arrives at the Alamo to
assist its Texas defenders.
1862 John Tyler, 
former president of the
U.S., is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
former president of the
U.S., is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
1902 The Isthmus Canal Commission in
Washington shifts its support from Nicaragua to Panama as a favored canal site.
1910 Aviator Eugene Ely 
performs his first
successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco.
performs his first
successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco.
1916 The Russians force the Turkish 3rd
Army back to Erzurum.
1942 General MacArthur 
repels the Japanese
in Bataan. The United States takes the lead in the Far East war criminal
trials.
repels the Japanese
in Bataan. The United States takes the lead in the Far East war criminal
trials.
1945 The German Army launches its second
attempt to relieve the besieged city of Budapest from the advancing Red Army.
1948 Gandhi 
breaks a 121-hour fast after
halting Muslim-Hindu riots.
breaks a 121-hour fast after
halting Muslim-Hindu riots.
1962 The United States begins spraying
foliage with herbicides in South Vietnam, in order to reveal the whereabouts of
Vietcong guerrillas.
1964 Plans are disclosed for the World
Trade Center in New York.
1978 The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) isolate the cause of Legionnaire's disease.
1991 Iraq starts firing Scud missiles at
Israeli cities.
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